Wood Group offshore workers have voted to end an industrial dispute over pay and conditions.

Around 400 staff stages a series of walkouts on seven Shell platforms in the North Sea in what was the first offshore strike action in almost 30 years in a dispute over plans to cut pay, benefits and overtime.

The workers claimed propsed cuts to pay and benefits and a move from a two-week to three-week working cycle would add up to an overall pay cut of around 30 per cent for some contractors - a claim which was refuted by Wood Group.

The Unite and RMT unions confirmed on Thursday workers had now voted in favour of a new deal put forward by Wood Group.

John Boland, regional officer at Unite, said its negotiations led to a reduction in the level of cuts being proposed to wages and terms and conditions.